Gadget man who has calculated the route to success

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Kazuo Kashio likes to predict the future, and he can see Casios in high resolution

WITH a contented smirk, Kazuo Kashio, president and chief executive officer of Casio, strides through the doors of his meeting room at precisely the time he said he would. Computerised punctuality, after all, is what has turned his family name into one of the world’s best-known technology brands.

The company has made its wealth from digital watches and calculators, but it is the gadgets that have kept it interesting. As Japanese hi-tech groups go, Casio is king of gadgets.

Kashio, 75, directs attention to a velvet-covered tray of tiny, gleaming machines in front of him. Pride of place is given